GSAT-7, the country's first advanced and full-fledged Military Communications Satellite, was launched in the early hours of Friday Aug 30,2013 from the Kourou space port of French Guiana space in South America. The multi-band spacecraft, to be used exclusively by Indian Navy, was put in orbit on a European Ariane 5 rocket at 2 a.m., Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said
GSAT-7/ INSAT-4F is expected to significantly improve the country’s
maritime security and intelligence gathering in a wide swathe on either
coasts of the Indian Ocean region
GSAT-7 is exclusively meant for the armed forces, primarily Indian Navy
About 34 minutes after take-off, Ariane-5 placed the spacecraft
precisely in the intended temporary oval or geosynchronous transfer
orbit (GTO) in space
Arianespace, the launch service company, said GSAT-7 was the 17th ISRO
satellite to be lifted to space on its Ariane vehicle. Its vehicle for
Friday, VA215, released the national satellite minutes after a 6-tonne
Qatar satellite called EUTELSAT 25B/Es’hail 1. ISRO first used an Ariane
launcher for its 1981 experimental satellite named APPLE.
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